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Twistedpixel on 05 March 2010
outlawauron said:
A 5 because it's linear?

Honestly, I'm not seeing how this can be a valid complaint anymore. The dead horse is beaten.

No its mainly due to their opinion that the first 20-25 hours of the game are terrible in their opinion.



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jarrod on 05 March 2010
Soriku said:
Xoj said:
they have no taste , JRPG especially FF are linear from a long time ago.

hell uncharted and any chapter based game is..

HALO IS LINEAR. =_=.

 

Just saying, different genres have different genres. Why people arew saying FF XIII is linear and stuff is because there isn't a world map and various places you can go in the story.

Still, harsh score. Isn't that the score what KH: 358/2 Days got?

Yep.  Rounding up all their SE reviews this gen...

  • Project Sylpheed (360) 7
  • Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS) 7
  • Final Fantasy III (DS) 6
  • Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales (DS) 4
  • Heroes of Mana (DS) 6
  • Final Fantasy Tactics: the War of the Lions (PSP) 7
  • Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings (DS) 6
  • Space invaders Extreme (DS, PSP) 8
  • Front Mission (DS) 6
  • The World Ends with You (DS) 8
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Wii) 7
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (DS) 6
  • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) 6
  • Final Fantasy Tactic A2: Grimoire of the Rift (DS) 8
  • Final Fantasy IV (DS) 7
  • Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (DS) 8
  • Infinite Undiscovery (360) 6
  • The Last Remnant (360, PC) 5
  • Space Invaders Get Even (Wii) 5
  • Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (DS) 8
  • Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume (DS) 7
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS, Wii) 6
  • Star Ocean: The Last Hope (360) 5
  • Space Invaders Extreme 2 (DS) 9
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum (360, PS3, PC) 8
  • Dissidia Final Fantasy (PSP) 8
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: my Life as a Dark Lord (Wii) 5
  • But-A-Move Galaxy (DS) 5
  • Yosumin! Live (360) 6
  • Space invaders Infinity Gene (iPhone) 8
  • Mini Ninjas (Wii, 360, PS3, PC) 7
  • Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 days (DS) 5
  • Gyromancer (360, PS3) 6
  • Death by Cube (360) 7
  • Final fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Wii) 7
  • Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, 360) 5

 

...honestly, I'm more inclined to agree than disagree with EDGE on most of these.  HD RPGs have had it pretty bad in general though (6, 5, 5, 5).



Fab_GS on 05 March 2010

GameSpy just gave it 4.5/5 (i.e. 9/10)

And GameTrailers gave it 8.6/10



outlawauron on 05 March 2010
Soriku said:
jarrod said:
Soriku said:
Xoj said:
they have no taste , JRPG especially FF are linear from a long time ago.

hell uncharted and any chapter based game is..

HALO IS LINEAR. =_=.

 

Just saying, different genres have different genres. Why people arew saying FF XIII is linear and stuff is because there isn't a world map and various places you can go in the story.

Still, harsh score. Isn't that the score what KH: 358/2 Days got?

Yep.  Rounding up all their SE reviews this gen...

  • Final fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Wii) 7
  • Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, 360) 5

...honestly, I'm more inclined to agree than disagree with EDGE on most of these.  HD RPGs have had it pretty bad in general though (6, 5, 5, 5).

Damn, even TCB got a better score than FF XIII...

Even Project Slypheed got a higher score!

 

I've said it before, XIII has the most anti-hype of any game in recent memory.



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jarrod on 05 March 2010
outlawauron said:

Even Project Slypheed got a higher score!

 

You're lucky you didn't single out Rocket Slime.  I'd have had to cut-a-bitch!



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sabby_e17 on 05 March 2010

I highly doubt the game is worth 5/10...




.:Dark Prince:. on 05 March 2010

I couldn't disagree more with this score.

The game is a blast IMO, and i don't think i've ever played a JRPG with such amazing design and so immersive in the story department. I just feel like i'm in there with the characters.

Easily a 9 in my books.



 

Euphoria14 on 05 March 2010

Why is this review only counted against the PS3 version on Metacritic and not the 360 version?

I know it says "Tested on PS3" but it is still a review for both platforms, just like Metacritic did with Eurogamer. Same exact situation, different outcome.


I hate Metacritic.



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A Bad Clown on 05 March 2010

http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1859/Final-Fantasy-XIII/p2/

Team Xbox gave it a 5 also, GameSpot gave it a 8.5. I'm expecting IGN US to give an 8.6.



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Catlana on 05 March 2010
Wagram said:
lestatdark said:
Well, it was kinda expected, plus their review isn't that bad, just that the linearity let them down big time.

Plus, they gave Dragon Age a 5 too, so FFXIII = DA:O is really awesome in my book :P

Though I didn't like DA all that much. I still say it deserves an 8.

I decided to ignore Edge as a rpg rating site after the 5 to Dragon Age which I really enjoyed. The Edge reviewers are not rpg fans and the low ratings for RPG games show that.